If the idea of exchanging business cards makes your neck hair crawl, I wanted you to know that you’re not alone. I asked members of the DYP executive team to share their biggest networking fears. See if you relate to their answers.
Have questions on how we selected our awesome Vanguard Awardees? Take a quick peek behind the scenes of our process!
Do you personally know what it's like to experience homelessness? DYP Team Member and Challenge Detroit Fellow, Kyla Carlsen, recounts one of her most impactful challenges to date - life as a homeless teen relying on resources at COTS.
The Detroitpreneur is a unique breed. Here just 10 qualities that make up that individual. Please share some of your own in the comments!
The City of Detroit houses many long-term, innovative businesses that have called Motown home for years.
From mom and pop stores to the iconic Avenue of Fashion and some of its hottest homegrown brands (hello,Lip Bar,) Detroit is rich with entrepreneurs that contribute to the city’s cultural richness on a daily basis.
But there’s more.
The Detroit Young Professionals Organization (DYP) hosted the 6th Annual Service in the City (SiTC) Mixer on April 24, which recognizes and supports nonprofits from the Metro Detroit area that further causes ranging from environmental to the arts. In 2019, Caleb’s Kids received the top Community Builder Award.
Upon walking into Courtney and Jeff’s studio in St. Claire Shores, I felt like I teleported to a beautiful, calming conservatory. Filled with cacti, lush palms and plants and of course their gorgeous golden retriever, you can’t help but be in awe of their knack for interior design and all beautiful living things put simply. As Co-Founder Courtney said, they like to “rely on blooms and greenery to tell an architectural story and let flowers do their own thing.’
Adopt-A-Child for Christmas Program alone brings together many thousands of volunteers and parents, who give to over 3,000 low- income youth recipients, aging from newborn to 12 years. At this festive outing the youth are influenced by their evening’s mentors while receiving gifts of warm clothing and toys. The mentors provide the young children guidance through conversation and interest, positive direction and concern.
It’s always good to have a few good conversation starters in your back pocket (or even a joke) when you’re attending a networking event. Breaking the ice with someone you don’t know can be a little intimidating at times, especially if you’re not quite sure how to get a conversation started. Instead of asking someone right off the bat what they do for a living, which I’m sure is a statement we’re all too familiar with answering, we’ve included a few tips to help you get the dialogue going at your next networking event.
